LentDay 40
Resting in hope
Holy Saturday · Psalm 16: You Will Not Abandon Me
For today
On the quiet day between cross and resurrection, this psalm speaks of a body that will dwell secure, and a soul God will not abandon to the grave. The waiting is real; so is the hope.
Begin with these verses
verse 8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. verse 9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
verse 10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. verse 11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
In Christ
How this psalm points to Jesus
The New Testament quotes this psalm · verse 10
Peter preached that David, foreseeing the Christ, spoke of his resurrection: he was not abandoned to the grave, and his body did not see decay.
verse 25David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. verse 26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope, verse 27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. verse 28You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
verse 29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. verse 30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne. verse 31Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay. verse 32God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
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